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People Achieveto ® inspiring young people achieveto Annual Review 2014-2015 Including the Annual Report and Financial Statements THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S AWARD Contents Overview .................................................................... 3 Thank you to all our supporters .................................. 4 Our Licensed Organisation partners ............................ 6 Chairman’s Report .................................................... 10 Our strategic objectives ............................................ 12 Supporting DofE delivery .......................................... 13 Extending the reach .................................................. 13 Driving achievement ................................................. 13 Fuelling growth ......................................................... 15 Financial performance .............................................. 16 Funding the DofE ...................................................... 18 Trustees’ commitment .............................................. 19 Thank you ................................................................ 19 Independent Auditors’ Report ................................... 20 Statutory accounts ................................................... 22 Appendices .............................................................. 42 Trustees .................................................................... 49 The Trustees present their report and the financial statements of the Royal Charter Corporation for the year ended 31 March 2015. In preparing this report the Trustees have complied with the Charities Act 2011, the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice (revised 2005) (“SORP”), applicable accounting standards and the provisions of the Memorandum and Articles of Association for The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. This report has been prepared with regard to Charity Commission guidance on public benefit. The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award is a Registered Charity No: 1072490 and in Scotland No: SC038254, and a Royal Charter Corporation RC000806. Registered Office: Gulliver House, Madeira Walk, WINDSOR, Berkshire SL4 1EU The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award The DofE in the UK is proud to be part Head Office, Gulliver House, Madeira Walk, of The Duke of Edinburgh’s International WINDSOR, Berkshire SL4 1EU. T: 01753 727400 Award Foundation, which oversees DofE E: [email protected] programmes in over 140 countries worldwide. W: www.DofE.org 2 DofE Annual Review 2014-2015 Overview Who we are Our guiding principles Our We are a Charity. We develop young people At the DofE we strive to achieve our for life and work. Our goal is to enable mission through personal development Vision young people of every background to do programmes and the assessment and To reach more their DofE and succeed, regardless of any presentation of Awards. young people barriers they may face in their life. from diverse All our programmes are driven by the backgrounds following ten guiding principles, which are and equip them What we do at the heart of everything we do: as individuals to We are the UK’s leading youth achievement succeed in life. award. Through achieving their Bronze, Silver or Gold DofE Awards, 14-24 year olds • Non-competitive have a unique opportunity to grow as young adults, gaining valuable life experience • Achievable by all whilst developing essential work-ready • Voluntary skills and attributes such as resilience, confidence, commitment, team working and • Personal development Our determination. • Personalised Mission Young people’s DofE programmes take • Balanced To inspire, guide them on a life-changing journey where and support young they set their own challenges; learning • Progressive people in their practical skills, improving their fitness, • Achievement focused self-development volunteering in their community, planning and recognise and going on an adventurous expedition • Demand commitment their achievements. and also, for Gold, spending time away from home with people they’ve never met, • Enjoyable completing a shared residential activity. Students from Treloar School and College are pictured here by a fully accessible canal boat, used to complete their Bronze expedition. The participants, all with physical disabilities, are the first from Treloars to undertake an expedition. They worked well together to adapt to the unfamiliar surroundings. DofE Annual Review 2014-2015 3 Thank you, to all of our supporters... ...we couldn’t do it without you. e are indebted to our supporters • Back and invest in our vision, giving us for their financial commitment the opportunity to turn it into a reality. and belief. None of the Charity’s great work would be • Enable us to afford to undertake major possible without them. development and transformation W projects requiring investment and The DofE has a profound effect on young additional resources. lives, opening up a world of possibilities and fueling aspirations with character and • Give their time, expertise and energy A big thank you confidence-building experiences. Huge and open their personal and professional to Sam McClary, numbers of young people describe the networks to us – to help provide the Deputy Editor of experiences, friendships and skills they gain ongoing support that the Charity needs. Estates Gazette, through the DofE as life-changing. who successfully We recognise and appreciate the incredible completed a We can only have this impact on young dedication of our supporters. 1,100-mile bike ride people’s lives thanks to donations from in 2014, starting trusts, companies, business leaders and We cannot do what we do without them, in Edinburgh and philanthropically-minded individuals committed and with our Diamond Anniversary upon finishing in London. to the development of young people. us and huge ambitions to fulfil we would Sam (above like to express our sincere gratitude for the left) raised over All of our supporters are ambitious for young continued generosity of all of them, including £38,000 for the people. To help achieve our ambition to give those major supporters listed in this report. DofE Charity. the DofE experience to even more young people over the years ahead they: Thank you. Francis achieved his Bronze, Silver and Gold DofE The instability of growing up in foster care led Jay to Awards through a youth centre in Hammersmith rebel at school and get involved in criminal activity. that catered for his Downs Syndrome and other After being placed with a nurturing and welcoming physical difficulties. foster family, Jay enrolled in a youth club which His progress and confidence throughout was so introduced him to the DofE. It was a moment Jay impressive that he was selected by his Leaders to join a describes as a major turning point in his life that put him group of young people to complete his Gold Residential back on the right track. section; a digital themed stay in Brighton. It was the Now a Gold Award holder, Jay champions the DofE first time Francis had stayed in a hotel and he was the and its impact on young people like him. only member of the group who had additional needs. He is now leading his own group of young people With his love of dance and infectious enthusiasm, through their DofE as part of his dream job at the Francis led a flash-mob routine on Brighton Pier, earning Fostering Service. ‘bonus points’ for his group. “My DofE has given me the motivation to succeed, Toyin, Francis’s mother, said “I’m so proud of him. The confidence, and a new sense of self-esteem. It’s made DofE has given Francis his first proper ‘qualifications’.” me realise I can be whoever I want to be.” 4 DofE Annual Review 2014-2015 Our supporting partners are Martin and Roni Lovegrove committed major donors and Ordnance Survey we are most grateful for their MariaMarina Foundation continued support: Gordon Pratt – Purvis Marquees Strategic Supporting Space Airconditioning plc Partners The Stopgap Group Amey The Wentworth Club Limited The Gosling Foundation Pears Foundation Supporting Partners Volunteer committees The DofE’s The Queen’s Trust Abellio Group Clay Shoot Committee The DofE’s Asda Gold Supporting Partners Development Group Ruth Anderson, Trustee Balfour Beatty William Asprey, William & Son The Badenoch Trust Mike Blackburn, CVO Chair: HRH The Earl of Wessex Julia Kirkham The Bestway Foundation CAPCO Ruth Anderson, Trustee Patricia Tehan, Trustee Peter Bill, London Evening Standard Bernard Matthews Farms FirstGroup plc Justin Tinne, By Word of Mouth British Gas Tim Boughton, Boughton Consulting Halfords Julie Walsh The Dallaglio Foundation Mel Ewell, Amey Heathrow Airports Limited The David Pearlman Charitable Martin Lovegrove The Duke of Edinburgh’s The Kirby Laing Foundation Foundation Ashok Rabheru, Genisys Group Award Women in DFS Lloyds Banking Group David Semaya, Nikko Asset Mgmt. Business Committee Garfield Weston Foundation Manheim John Spanswick Chair: HRH The Countess of Wessex The Lord Kirkham, CVO Martin’s Properties James Stewart, Menlo Partners Vice-Chair: Patricia Tehan, Trustee Next plc Patricia Tehan, Trustee Mistral Bus & Coach plc Ruth Anderson, Trustee Perenco Stephen and Anne Pearson Shadi Haliwell, Harvey Nichols PMI Health Group Ltd The R. G. Griffiths Trust The DofE’s Golf Committee Alison Horner, Tesco Ridgewall Royal Bank of Canada Chair: Simon Jones Michelle Owen, Barclays The Stoller Charitable Trust Royal Mail Group Ltd James Devane Maria Kempinska, Jongleurs Mike and Kim Wilson Soho Estates Daphne Fagan June Sebley, Victor John Spanswick Jackie
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